Weed sprayer departs

Darrell Bolyard, operating as Darry Air Inc., has concluded his contract for spraying weeds along county roads. Bolyard, who resides in Ephrata, has been spraying weeds along county roads for 21 years. He has been doing the job by himself for the last seven years.

Bolyard said his present contract was for five years, but he has decided to drop the last year. While he was in the county during the spraying season, Bolyard resided in a camper unit at the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds.

He said the contract called for spraying along all paved and gravel county roads which total approximately 2,500 miles. Total acreage covered each year was approximately 5,000 acres.

Before he got into the weed spraying business, Bolyard operated an aerial application business.